Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 345 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT To The Moon, Connie!
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2009.10.11
At the Draper house, MLK Jr. is once again on the radio, but this time he's speaking at the funeral service for the four little girls killed in the church bombing in Birmingham. Betty comes in and, after Carla switches the radio off and Betty tells her she didn't have to do that, Betty asks what was on, and Carla, who's obviously deeply affected, tells her. Betty opines that it's "so horrifying," and offers Carla a day off, but Carla declines, although she does look grateful despite the recent tension between them. Betty sighs and says she hates to say it, but she's starting to wonder about civil rights. "Maybe it's not supposed to happen right now." I am too close to the end of this recap to get into an argument with a fictional character that existed almost fifty years ago, so I'll merely opine that making such a remark to your African-American maid is possibly a bit tin-eared. Don then arrives home, and this time Betty doesn't ask how his day was, instead saying she just put the kids to bed, and they're probably still awake. Don casts an appraising eye in the women's direction, but says nothing...
...and then we're with Sal, and oh, Lord -- he's in a phone booth in or by what looks like Central Park, calling Kitty and saying he's going to be working late. At first I wondered if he might be preparing to go see Lee Jr. and see if it's not too late to take him up on his offer, but the Central Park location and the presence of a few random guys milling about now makes me think he's checking out the Ramble, and if that's true I only hope he's careful with that suit. Also, Sal, this is not the way to look for a new job.